Lockheed L1011 N710DA

12 September 1980 · Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. · Serious injuries

Summary

On 12 September 1980 at about 18:00 local time, a Lockheed L1011 registered N710DA, operated by Delta Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.. 69 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 10 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 12 September 1980 at 18:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Nassau, Atlantic Ocean North Lat.
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed L1011
Registration: N710DA
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 3
Operator: Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: New Orleans, la → San Juan, Pr
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: IMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0010

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
69	0	2	10	57

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

PIC RPRTD ENCTRG TURBC IN CS CLDS NR CB CLDS, NO ECHOES ON WX RADAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0010, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

Atlantic Ocean North Lat. 136 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 214 Lockheed L1011 9 1980 3,962

Other Lockheed L1011 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
10 Oct 1980	Lockheed L1011 N31015	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Trans World Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Jul 1979	Lockheed L1011 N707DA	Ft.lauderdale, Florida, United States no coordinates	Delta Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Dec 1978	Lockheed L1011 N312EA	Intl Waters, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
13 Nov 1986	Lockheed L1011 N714DA	Newark, New Jersey, United States no coordinates	Delta Airlines	No injuries	-
16 Jun 1989	Lockheed L1011-385-1 N721DA	Jacks Creek, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
20 Sep 1992	Lockheed L1011-385 N786DL	Boston, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	Delta Airlines	No injuries	-

All 9 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
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12 Nov 1980	Bell 206B N10696	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Helicopter AVN	Fatal	4
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11 Jan 1980	Cessna 441 N441NC	Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	Nichols Constr	Fatal	2
17 Oct 1980	Boeing 707 N8406	Kingston, Atlantic Ocean North Lat. no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 136 records in Atlantic Ocean North Lat.